"Folks that blurt out just what they think wouldn't be so bad if they thought." - Kin Hubbard

Friday, 17 February 2012

Why The English No Longer Have An Empire

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Occasionally at work we would play the A To Z game, where you pick a theme and obviously list things alphabetically. Alcohol and Fruit were popular topics. Less popular was Countries, because someone would usually say Lapland or Hawaii and get me enraged... Here are some recent geographical comments that amuse me.

Note on system: "Client is happy to travel to Derry area (Londonderry is in Derry)"

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Girl: "How do you pronounce this place?"shows slip of paper reading 'Worcs'
Me: "That's short for Worcestershire, as in the county."
Girl: "Oh. I don't think I've heard of that one."
Me: "I think it's quite small, so we don't hear about it a lot. Much like Monmouthshire."
Overhearing Disbeliever: "Monmouthshire?!"
Someone Else to Disbeliever: "Yeah, that is a county."

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Board games night with friends -
Quizmaster: "Name one of the Channel Islands."
Contestant: "The Falkland Islands."

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Work quizzes-
Quizmaster: "What's the capital of Tibet?"
Contestant: "Rome."